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“that’s the old covenant! we don’t have to do that anymore!”they cry, before using sodom and Gomorrah to justify their homophobia
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Anonymous 10w

The story of sodom was probably a true story, at least the fireball destroying it part. There’s evidence of a bolide impact in the right area at the right time That said, they probably didn’t know why god would punish them so they made up a story about the gay

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Anonymous 10w

We are still called to love foreigners, since everyone is made in God’s image. However we can love foreigners and enact pragmatic border policies at the same time :)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

oh that’s interesting, I didn’t know that. i love trying to puzzle out the original reason for old religious stories and rules. i.e the food laws specifically seem to be based in trying to avoid food poisoning

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

loving foreigners by putting them in concentration camps… how Christ-like

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